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Buddhism and Tales of the Supernatural in Early Medieval China

By Buddhism Now on 10 March 2017 • ( 1 )

The Youming lu is a work that demonstrates Buddhist influence as it began to appear in Chinese narrative on a relatively large scale.

Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies, Claude Monet (French, Paris 1840–1926 Giverny) © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Why do you want this Holy Water? By Ajahn Chah

By Buddhism Now on 3 March 2017 • ( 5 )

The worldly way is to do things for a reason, to get some return, but in Buddhism we do things without the idea of gaining anything…

Ascetic Master, probably a Mahasiddha, Tibet, 17th century. © The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Regular Everything, by John Aske

By Buddhism Now on 24 February 2017 • ( 3 )

How often, acting upon our need for comfort and security, do we sacrifice our freedom and happiness?

Cover of Tibet and India @ Metropolitan Museum of Art

Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations

By Buddhism Now on 17 February 2017 • ( 2 )

As Buddhism spread out from north India, the place of its origin in the sixth century BC, the core ideas of this great religious tradition were often expressed through images. This Bulletin and the exhibition it accompanies, “Tibet and India: Buddhist Traditions and Transformations,” focus on Indian and Tibetan Buddhist art of the eleventh and twelfth centuries… (Free PDF download) Beautiful Buddhist works of art

Buddha is probably one of the earliest iconic representations of Shakyamuni from Gandhara

A small bronze Buddha

By Buddhism Now on 27 January 2017 • ( 6 )

This small bronze Buddha (16.8 cm) is probably one of the earliest iconic representations of Shakyamuni from Gandhara.

Nibbana, by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

By Buddhism Now on 14 January 2017 • ( 0 )

Speaking like this you will soon be accusing me of giving you a big sales pitch. Don’t think of me as someone hawking the wares of the Buddha in the marketplace, think rather that we are all companions in Dukkha, in birth, old age, sickness and death…

Cold Mountain: Chinese poet Han Shan

By Buddhism Now on 26 December 2016 • ( 1 )

Han Shan wrote poems for everyone, not just the educated elite. A man free of spiritual doctrine, it is unclear whether or not he was a monk, whether he was a Buddhist or a Taoist, or both. It is not even certain he ever lived, but the poems do. Short film (about 30 minutes)